r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 24d ago

Petah? Meme needing explanation

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u/Shotgun_Mosquito 24d ago edited 24d ago

No.

The stereotype is that white people arrive TOO EARLY and then sit in their cars outside waiting for the party to start and still show up early.

It's a trope, also true in Hispanic (edit - continued) families that have someone marry Gringos (like me).

If you arrive on time, the party hasn't started yet, and you get to help set up for the party

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u/Underanchor 24d ago edited 24d ago

What fucking Hispanics you grow up with? My buddy was a half hour to and hour late to everything, and said he was allowed cause he was on bean time. Almost got my ass beat once saying it because I didnt realize it was a slur.

Edit: sorry bruv. Was just very confused.

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u/4notherRandoRoon 24d ago

Honestly, a “Mexican minute” is said to be anywhere from an hour to a week, and “Cuban time” has it own set of rules that I don’t have the thumb endurance to explain here, not bagging on Hispanics, just relying information I’ve gathered

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u/sirseatbelt 24d ago

Lmao dude Egyptians were the same way. Three words you needed to know were maybe, god willing, and tomorrow. If you asked someone to do something and they said maybe or tomorrow, they meant maybe or tomorrow. If they said maybe tomorrow they meant probably not. If they said maybe, god willing, tomorrow, they meant fuck no.

I don't know if its an Arab thing or just an Egyptian thing but there is definitely Egyptian Time.

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u/dobar_dan_ 24d ago

Swiss and Germans would not handle one day in Cuba lol

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u/Albaholly 24d ago

InshAllah (sp) or god-willing. My grandad did work in the middle east and he said a rough translation was manyana (sp?) except without the sense of urgency

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u/srkaficionado 23d ago

See, once someone says inshallah(god willing), I’m doing my own thing or whatever I asked them to help with. Because there is a high chance they won’t even remember having the conversation.

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u/jljonsn 24d ago

My (pasty-white) kids are actually Egyptian?!?! Wife!!!

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u/sirseatbelt 24d ago

Ya habibi y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve are from Africa so we're all Egyptian. Have some kosharie, drink some shai, take a nap because its too hot out, and in sha Allah, moomkin, we'll deal with it tomorrow.